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(06/25/13 9:42am)
The Supreme Court announcedMondaythat it will send Fisherv. University of Texas at Austin back to an appeals court for review on the basis of a misinterpretation of precedent. The final ruling on the case, which challenges the legality of the school’s affirmative action admissions policy, could have consequences for the University and other institutions that practice race-conscious admissions.
(06/19/13 9:38am)
For the two University alumni who will likely be shaping the future of affirmative action in the United States this week, their relationships with their alma mater both during and after they graduated hints at their views on the issue.
(06/06/13 9:28am)
Rep.Rush Holt(D-NJ) announcedThursdayin an email to his supporters that he intends to run for the Senate seat left vacant byFrank Lautenberg’s deathon Monday.
(06/03/13 6:23pm)
U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, a Democrat from New Jersey who served five terms in Congress, died from complications due to viral pneumoniaon Mondaymorning,according to a statementreleased by his office. He was 89.
(06/03/13 12:37pm)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick ’81 discussed the responsibilities of freedom and recalled how Princeton changed his life in his Class Day speech Monday morning.
(06/01/13 10:28pm)
Former Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu ’88visited the Princeton campus for his 25threunion andheadlined a panelon the opportunities and challenges facing Asian-Americans today. Between the panel and a reunion with his fellow editors of The Daily Princetonian — of which he is a former senior news editor — Lu spoke with the ‘Prince’ about his favorite Princeton memories, contemplating a career in journalism before going into public service and the push for an Asian American Studies program at the University.
(06/01/13 5:40pm)
For its 15thReunion class picture, the Class of 1998 successfully completed an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people in tennis outfits, with 252 participants.
(06/01/13 3:08pm)
The strengths and weaknesses of modern media were discussed at an alumni panel, “Media and Influence: Don’t Shoot the Messenger,” Saturday morning during Reunions.
(06/01/13 2:19pm)
Pablo Chavez '93, Director of Public Policy at Google Inc., participated in an Alumni-Faculty Forum titled "Government Today: Key Domestic Policy Issues" on Saturday morning. Chavez said he comes back for every fifth reunion. Here for his 20th, he took time out of the festivities to speak with The Daily Princetonian about his time at Princeton, how it prepared him for public policy and his work with Google.
(06/01/13 11:56am)
“I was a weird 17-year-old,” TedCruz’92 told the full house gathered in McCosh 50 to hear him speak in a conversation with professor Robert George on theFridayafternoon of Reunions. Cruz's observation was made in response to an anecdote he told the crowd about how when he was 17, he knew that what he wanted to do with his life was to “fight for free market principles.”
(06/01/13 10:44am)
Two prominent Asian-American alumni in public service discussed challenges and opportunities for the Asian-American community at the University, in public service and in the world over a breakfast panelFriday,titled “Trailblazers.” Former Obama assistant and White House Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu ’88 and Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in New Delhi Don Lu ’88 talked about the benefits and pitfalls of the “model minority” stereotype, the importance of Asian-American studies and the number of Asian-Americans in leadership positions.
(06/01/13 10:38am)
(06/01/13 10:34am)
Economics professor Paul Krugman fielded questions from the public regarding the issues facing the United States and global economies in a lecture on Saturday morning. “A Conversation with Paul Krugman” took place in a packed Dodds Auditorium and was also livestreamed in Robertson Bowl 02.
(06/01/13 10:29am)
In the Class Historians Workshop, Class of 1982 historian Julio Gomez spoke with five other class historians ranging from the Class of 1966 to the Class of 2009 on how to address problems such as lack of pull and the need for prescriptive guidelines that are faced by Princeton class historians.
(06/01/13 8:45am)
When Robert S. Mueller III ’66 steps down as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation this upcoming September, he will have held the position longer than any other FBI director since 1968, when Congress first approved a 10-year limit on the position.
(05/31/13 1:38pm)
In an Alumni-Faculty Forum Friday morning, titled Tiger Inventors: From Concept to Creation, alumni-inventors discussed the link between the concept of an invention and the final product and offered details on their own invention processes.
(05/31/13 1:29pm)
The possibilities of more affordable health care in America was the subject of an alumni-faculty panel discussion led by Wilson School professor Uwe Reinhardt on Friday morning titled, “Affordable Health Care: The Next Chapter.”
(05/31/13 10:26am)
In an alumni-faculty forumFridaymorning, University Provost and President-elect Christopher Eisgruber ’83 moderated a panel discussion on the current state of the judicial confirmation process.
(05/31/13 9:41am)
Alumni crowded a lecture room in Jadwin HallFridaymorning to hear an alumni-faculty forum titled “Books That Changed Your Life,” in which panelists discussed the works that had lasting impressions on them and considered the changing world of reading in the age of tablets and e-books.
(05/30/13 8:04pm)
Paul Fishman '78 is the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and will serve as a panelist in the Alumni-Faculty Forum, "Is the Judicial Confirmation Process Broken?" Fishman spoke with The Daily PrincetonianonThursdayabout what he plans to discuss during the panel, what he loves about Reunions and how students can become successful lawyers.